Hosted by Charlie Bennett and Christian Sager.
This deconstruction of the superhero genre was mired in legal debacles and intellectual property battles for decades before we could get a chance to read it. We look at that convoluted history, in light of Alan Moore's attempt to reimagine and criticize the themes of superhero comics.
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Additional Resources:
- https://ohdannyboy.blogspot.com/2011/09/miracleman-neil-gaimans-writers.html
- https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/1057/miracleman-heads-court
- http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2004/02/last-legal-post-for-long-time.asp
- https://www.cbr.com/mcfarlane-responds-to-marvelman-news/
- http://forbiddenplanet.blog/2009/the-mighty-moore-marathon-part-three-of-padraigs-talk-with-alan-moore/
- https://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/10/17/the-original-writer-formerly-known-as-alan-moore/
- https://nerdist.com/why-alan-moores-miracleman-still-matters/
- https://www.tor.com/2011/10/31/the-great-alan-moore-reread-marvelman-miracleman-part-1/
- https://observationdeck.kinja.com/why-marvels-miracleman-isnt-alan-moores-marvelman-1447594301
- https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/comments/69fm5n/what_are_the_best_deconstructionist_and/?st=jijj8nlu&sh=9182a032
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090905013308/http://www.mania.com/alan-moore-reflects-marvelman_article_117413.html
- http://www.vulture.com/2014/06/miracleman-marvelman-alan-moore-comics-dream-of-flying.html
This eighteen-hour continuation of a beloved twenty-five year old television series evokes emotions of both love and hate. So we discuss how Mark Frost, David Lynch and Showtime made and distributed this project while adhering to the original themes of good-versus-evil and unconventional storytelling.
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- Twin Peaks: The Return
- Fortitude
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
- Pretty as a Picture
- Lost Highway
- Archie
Additional Resources:
- Ma, Aliza. Film Comment. Nov/Dec2017, Vol. 53 Issue 6, p36-39. 4p. 1
- Ewins, M. (2018). 2 TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN: DAVID LYNCH & MARK FROST. Sight & Sound, 28(1), 33-36.
- LUCCA, VIOLET, Film Comment. Nov/Dec2017, Vol. 53 Issue 6, p40-41. 2p
- SYME, RACHEL. New Republic. Aug/Sep2017, Vol. 248 Issue 8/9, p66-68. 3p.
- Twin Peaks Revival Back On for 'More Than' 9 Episodes as David Lynch, Showtime Resolve Stalemate
- Is Twin Peaks a movie or a TV show? The answer’s more complicated than you’d think.
- David Lynch on Bowie and the Music that Inspired the New “Twin Peaks”
- ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ Proves David Lynch Still Has a Woman Problem
- Has 'Twin Peaks' Been a Hit for Showtime?
- How, and why, Showtime resurrected “Twin Peaks”
- Was Twin Peaks: The Return Worth It for Showtime?
This treatise on climate change argues that we should just accept that our civilization is going to die. We might survive however, by remembering our cultural heritage. We discuss Scranton's experience at war, as well as the variety of reactions to his claim that we should just confront our own mortality, even when we're posting to social media.
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- Learning to Die in the Anthropocene
- Scatter, Adapt, and Remember
- The Better Angels of Our Nature
- It's a Disaster
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
- Melancholia
Additional Resources:
- 28 Authors on the Books That Changed Their Lives
- Impurity: Two Books on the Anthropocene
- LEARNING TO DIE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: INTERVIEW WITH ROY SCRANTON
- Ison, Ray and Shelley, Monica. “Governing in the Anthropocene: Contributions from Systems Thinking in Practice?”
- Whitington, Jerome. “What Does Climate Change Demand of Anthropology?” Political and Legal Anthropology Review, May 2016.
We discuss the history of this influential record in light of the band's breakup and subsequent reformation. We also examine their rhetoric of anti-capitalism in relation to the production and distribution of this album.
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- The Shape of Punk to Come
- Plays Pretty For Baby
- The Lipstick Game
- Turn
- Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Additional Resources:
- Refused New Noise Spawns Nu Shame
- Fauteux, B. (2012). “New Noise” versus the Old Sound: Manifestos and The Shape of Punk to Come. Popular Music & Society, 35(4), 465. doi:10.1080/03007766.2011.578523
- REFUSED's 'The Shape Of Punk To Come' To Be Released As A Deluxe Edition - Apr. 7, 2010
- Refused – “The Shape of Punk to Come”
- WHY 'THE SHAPE OF PUNK TO COME' WAS WRONG
- Refused is making a new album 17 years after The Shape of Punk to Come
- Refused Are Fucking Dead (The Last Official Press Release)
- REFUSED: Pop Songs for the Revolution
This 2008 military film claims to be about realism and a soldier's addiction to war. But we learn that despite writer Mark Boal and director Kathryn Bigelow's best intentions, it doesn't accurately reflect the experience of veterans.
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- The Hurt Locker
- Near Dark
- Blue Steel
- Point Break
- Sheriff of Babylon
- Pride of Baghdad
- The Night Porter
- Eat the Apple
Additional Resources:
- Here’s Why ‘The Hurt Locker’ Is The Worst War Movie Of All Time
- U.S. bomb expert says "Hurt Locker" stole his story
- Iraq War Vet Ordered to Pay $187,000 in Failed Lawsuit Against 'Hurt Locker' Producers
- The Hurt Locker: interview with Mark Boal
- The Hurt Locker: So Right About Men, So Wrong About Addiction
- What's Wrong With 'The Hurt Locker'
- First sight: Mark Boal
- Driscoll, S. (2013). The Hurt Locker (film). Salem Press Encyclopedia,
- TAUBIN, A. (2009). hard wired. Film Comment, 45(3), 30-35.
- The Iraq war -- from the troops' point of view
- Kathryn Bigelow